[Nfb-krafters-korner] Socks - WAS: Magic Loop

Tue Sep 7 18:33:27 UTC 2010

Cherry Tree Hill has a GREAT basic sock pattern...check their website for 
it. I bought mine at the Cherry Tree Hill store in Vermont a fw years ago 
when I was traveling around Vermont and visiting/buying from every yarn 
store in the state...haha
Lynda Lambert
River Road Studio, Since 1976
www.lyndalambert.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eileen Scrivani" <etscrivani at verizon.net>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 2:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Socks - WAS: Magic Loop


> Lynda:
>
> You & me both.  I am tempted to give this a try, but wonder if first 
> knitting a sock in the usual manner might be smart before I'd take the 
> dual knitting of a pair on.
> I suppose that I should also try and find a simple, plain adult sock 
> pattern before attempting it.
>
> Eileen
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "River Woman" <riverwoman at zoominternet.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 9:49 AM
> To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Socks - WAS: Magic Loop
>
>> I would love to learn how to do this!
>> Lynda Lambert
>> River Road Studio, Since 1976
>> www.lyndalambert.com
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Eileen Scrivani" <etscrivani at verizon.net>
>> To: "List for blind crafters and artists" 
>> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2010 4:09 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Socks - WAS: Magic Loop
>>
>>
>>> Okay, but there is a way that lets you knit one sock inside the other. 
>>> So when your knitting is complete you pull the second sock out of the 
>>> inside of the other sock and I believe this is done with double knitting 
>>> and it kind of makes sense because first you knit a stitch or stitches 
>>> and then you by-pass/skip others, so it is possible to have both going 
>>> at the same time and keep both socks totally seperate from each other 
>>> without accidentally knitting/connecting them together. I just am not 
>>> sure how its done.  I've seen mention of it on the internet & if you run 
>>> a search on double knitting you will find it mentioned.  I thought that 
>>> magic loop & double knitting were done at the same time in this process, 
>>> but here, you might be correct. I'd need to do a bit more research on 
>>> socks and would have to be taught how the two techniques or just one 
>>> technique is used in the process.
>>>
>>> Eileen
>>>
>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>> From: "slery" <slerythema at insightbb.com>
>>> Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2010 3:42 PM
>>> To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" 
>>> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Socks - WAS: Magic Loop
>>>
>>>> Have actually had a look into this since I make socks with sock yarn so 
>>>> they
>>>> can be worn in your shoes. You have to cast-on each sock independently. 
>>>> Then
>>>> you either use Magic Loop or Two Circulars to knit them. It is not at 
>>>> all
>>>> like double knitting, there is no knit one stitch and slip one. Socks 
>>>> are
>>>> always divided into a top and bottom half. Half the stitches are on the 
>>>> top
>>>> and half on the bottom. Picture your big circular for magic loop you 
>>>> start
>>>> knitting the bottom half of sock one. Once that has been knitted over 
>>>> to
>>>> your right needle, you slide up sock two. Now you knit the bottom half 
>>>> of
>>>> sock two. Once that is on the right needle you are ready for sock two 
>>>> top
>>>> half. Now you knit the top half of sock two and when it is on the right
>>>> needle you slide up sock one and you knit the top half of it.
>>>>
>>>> You do have to use two balls of yarn so using ball one knit bottom of 
>>>> sock
>>>> one, drop the yarn, pick up yarn from ball two, knit bottom of sock 
>>>> two,
>>>> knit top of sock two, drop the yarn, pick up ball one yarn, knit the 
>>>> top of
>>>> sock one.
>>>>
>>>> I decided that this was more complicated than I wanted so I use two
>>>> circulars to knit my socks independently.
>>>>
>>>> The two socks at once are good for people that use a pattern and also 
>>>> for
>>>> people that have a problem with second sock syndrome (they get bored on 
>>>> the
>>>> second sock and don't finish).
>>>>
>>>> I hope this explanation helped.
>>>>
>>>> Cindy S.
>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
>>>>> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>>>>> Eileen Scrivani
>>>>> Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2010 12:32 PM
>>>>> To: List for blind crafters and artists
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Socks - WAS: Magic Loop
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Annette:
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't know exactly how it is done, but to knit 2 socks at
>>>>> one time, it
>>>>> some how uses a combination of both Magic Loop & double
>>>>> knitting.  I suspect
>>>>> that you would start it by using 2 different/seperate strands
>>>>> of yarn at the
>>>>> time you cast on (that is what will keep the socks as 2
>>>>> separate entities)
>>>>> but since I no next to nothing about sock knitting, don't
>>>>> know precisely how
>>>>> these things are put together to work a pair simultaneously.
>>>>>
>>>>> Eileen
>>>>>
>>>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>>>> From: "Annette Carr" <amcarr1 at verizon.net>
>>>>> Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2010 10:46 AM
>>>>> To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'"
>>>>> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Socks - WAS: Magic Loop
>>>>>
>>>>> > Yes, I too am interested in sock knitting now that I saw
>>>>> that you have
>>>>> > a pattern that is worked up with normal to thicker yarn on bigger
>>>>> > needles. I have no interest in using really thin yarn and tiny
>>>>> > needles.  Can you also include a component of the class on
>>>>> knitting 2
>>>>> > socks simultaneously on the same needles?  I think that
>>>>> I've read that
>>>>> > is possible.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Annette
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> > -----Original Message-----
>>>>> > From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
>>>>> > [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Eileen
>>>>> > Scrivani
>>>>> > Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2010 9:06 AM
>>>>> > To: List for blind crafters and artists
>>>>> > Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Magic Loop
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Yes, please, please  do more on sock knitting.  I'm very
>>>>> interested in
>>>>> > doing
>>>>> > socks even though I don't like wearing them.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Eileen
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> > --------------------------------------------------
>>>>> > From: <Blindhands at aol.com>
>>>>> > Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2010 7:09 AM
>>>>> > To: <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
>>>>> > Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Magic Loop
>>>>> >
>>>>> >> Since I am reading these emails backwards as I received
>>>>> them.  I will
>>>>> >> set up a date and we will let folks know.  I need to do that sock
>>>>> >> class as  I promised folks and I will take a look at the
>>>>> calendar for
>>>>> > dates.
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> Joyce  Kane
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